‘New Bastian Schweinsteiger’ can take Liverpool to the next level

Liverpool finally landed Emre Can from Bayern Leverkusen this week after activating a £9.75 million release clause in his contract.

Brendan Rodgers has been chasing the Germany Under-21 international for a while and has personally scouted the player on a number of occasions.

The 20-year-old is an energetic box-to-box player and Rodgers believes he would be a valuable addition to his squad.

Inter Milan were also keen on Can but his preference was always to move to the Premier League. The fact that the Reds were able to offer Champions League football this season also helps, and shows just how important it was for the club to finish in the top four last season.

Liverpool will need to add plenty of more players if their squad is to be able to mount another challenge for the Premier League title while playing in the European Cup, but Can’s arrival and the noises coming out of Anfield should give fans reason to be optimistic.

Emre Can has been compared to Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger (Picture: Getty Images)

The player’s agent also instigated the loan deal in 2012 for Nuri Sahin, so he was no stranger to working with Liverpool, and the good relationship the club forged over that transfer clearly helped bring things to a conclusion this time around.

Can is described as one of the most versatile young players in the Bundesliga and after having spent most of his career in the youth set-up at Bayern Munich, the player was tipped for the top from an early age.

After moving to Leverkusen, Can’s career has flourished and his versatility sees him play in either an attacking or defending central midfield role and also deployed as a centre-back and a left-back.

Can has represented Germany at every level from U15 to U21 and he has drawn comparison to Bastian Schweinsteiger.

Rodgers has certainly done his homework on Can and if he can be anywhere near as good as the great Bayern Munich midfielder then Liverpool will be making a brilliant signing.